I’ve dreamed several times recently about — and this is tricky– about having been in the English army who’s job was to walk about bombed areas looking for gas leaks with the help of a bull dog. Named Winston or … Continue reading
Monthly Archives: November 2010
About two days ago I added some sugar and brown sugar to the primary fermentation, giving TNB the same ultimatium I gave the earlier batch, if I didn’t see marked signs of fermenation, it was into the bottles with the … Continue reading
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TOB is quietly continuing to ferment in the secondary bottles. I will leave it till the weekend except where back pressure is involved. Do another test to see if the alcohol level is going up. TNB is showing a tiny … Continue reading
fermentarium » Blog Archive » Making hard cider at home Q&A. I drank half a bottle of Uncle John’s Cider with some curry tonight. I was pretty sad stuff. The stuff from Lehman’s scored a 8 with me and this … Continue reading
I decided that wheter its good or not, its not going to get any closer to being cider in the primary fermentation. So I bought a sipon and cleansed it with the suflite cleanser, along with a couple of apple … Continue reading
Doyle and I hopped in the flashmobile and headed for Elkhart yesterday. We went to the “Quality Brewing Supply” place that I had ordered items from on the internet. Turns out the address they post is not where the store … Continue reading
Okay, I am stuck. I couldn’t tell if I had cider here, or stale old apple juice. So I ciphoned off a sample, only a couple ounces really, and I drank it. Oddly enough it (TOB) tasted like unsweetened pears. … Continue reading
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I’m desperate, no action in TOB, hardly any sign of action in TNB. So I took my remaining packet of yeast, started it in some cider and split it between the two. I don’t know what else I can do … Continue reading